Only Bay Area Has Recovered from Great Recession in CA
Only four counties out of California’s 58 have fully recovered from the Great Recession, in the sixth year after the official economic recovery began.
Only four counties out of California’s 58 have fully recovered from the Great Recession, in the sixth year after the official economic recovery began.
Travelers going through the long, tedious security screening process at San Diego International Airport now have a place to center themselves, realign their energy, and become one with… whatever; the airport has opened its first meditation room, located just after the

Limited edition Diane von Furstenberg Google Glass has finally gone on sale on fashion websites Net-A-Porter.com and MrPorter.com, enabling anticipatory and interested consumers to wear their smart technology in style. Google Glass goers can now purchase the spectacles in male or

Governor Jerry Brown claims that his $25 billion Sacramento Delta tunnel construction project will ship water to Los Angeles and bring 19,600 jobs per year over the next half century. However, critics claim that his plan is “based on a

Applications for California concealed carry permits during the first four months of 2014 was “nearly” 10 times higher than the total number of permits issued in all of 2013. As Breitbart News reported on April 28, the surge in demand

California Senate President pro tem Darrell Steinberg no longer supports a water bond that will be on the ballot in November, which he negotiated with then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009, because it provides for water to be tunneled to

In Vallejo, California, on Monday morning, a driver who had a seizure lost control of his truck and hurtled into a McDonald’s drive-thru, according to SFGate.com. The truck picked up speed as it smashed into three cars, then finally came

On Monday, chaos erupted in the streets of Huntington Park shortly after Mexico’s 3-1 defeat of Croatia in the World Cup. Police clad in riot gear, in armored vehicles and some on horseback, were called to the hot spots to

The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District board of directors will vote Friday on whether to green-light $76 million for the construction of a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. According to local Fox affiliate KTVU, approximately 24

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s new crackdown on a mobile app that allows people to auction off their public parking spots marks yet another clash between innovative technologies and regulators trying to maintain law and order, public safety and

A new Field Poll released Tuesday shows that 50% of registered voters in California approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance, while only 39% disapprove. However, there a striking divergence between the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas on

Ousted American Apparel, Inc. Chief Executive and Chairman Dov Charney will reportedly seek legal action against his company’s board unless they reinstate him to his post come Monday. The embattled and controversial Charney has hired Patricia Glaser to take on

SANTA MONICA — A dozen Israeli tech startups pitched investors and fellow entrepreneurs in Santa Monica Monday evening, highlighting a diverse range of new innovations. From a better mousetrap (literally), to cybersecurity tools that detect and defuse flash mobs, the

Katy Perry and Hillary Clinton took their correspondence to social media via Twitter after Perry offered up her musical talents to the former Secretary of State in the form of a theme song for Clinton’s presidential campaign. Based on her

An Iraqi immigrant was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife in San Diego Superior Court on Monday. The murder was originally touted as a hate crime by Kassim Alhimidi, 50, but prosecutors

Shots rang out Sunday morning near the Valley Center, California, property of Michael Steven Thyberg as he reportedly fired his weapon at two nature walkers passing nearby. Coaxed out of his home by a deputy in a San Diego County

U.S. Marine reservist Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi is “upbeat” after three months in a Mexican jail, but his “defense still has not submitted evidence to the court to counter the prosecutor’s evidence.” According to News Channel 3, Jill Tahmooressi–Andrew’s mother–told CNN

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is calling on two California Democrats to return campaign donations made by Kareem Ahmed, a “mega-donor” who gave over $1 million to Obama and Democratic Party candidates and super PACs, and who was indicted

The L.A. Weekly blared out a headline Monday that asked why white people in Los Angeles are underrepresented as a percentage of overall bus passengers. Based on income and data compared with other big cities like Chicago and New York,

Last-minute cancelations of two flights to southern California, each carrying 140 illegal immigrant children and family members, may only be temporary. As public awareness grew and flight time grew near, U.S. Border Patrol has decided to cancel plans to fly

Eddie Vedder is a world famous rock star with millions of fans. He’s also a dad. The Pearl Jam front man let the latter shine during a Friday concert in Milan. Vedder started singing Daughter, one of the band’s most

Firefighters in Bakersfield, California used vegetable oil to free a pit bull who got his head stuck in the hub of a car wheel. The stuck dog’s owner brought him to a Kern County fire station on Friday, according to

On Wednesday, it was revealed that American Apparel’s CEO Dov Charney was accused by a former employee of holding her prisoner and making her his “sex slave” when she was 18-years-old. Moreover, Charney allegedly agreed to settle a lawsuit regarding

Mira Slovak, 84, who made world headlines in 1953 when he hijacked his DC-3 and flew it from Czechoslovakia to West Germany, has died at the age of 83 in Fallbrook, California. Slovak, the youngest captain in the state-run Czechoslovakian

A petition drive to divide California into six separate states was active on Saturday and Sunday in Los Angeles, aimed at getting the plan on the ballot in 2016. According to the Los Angeles Times, Timothy Draper, a venture capitalist